common market among ASEAN, China, South Korea, and Japan by establishing a free trade area covering the entire region. As the … two major countries in the region, in the arrangement, China and Japan would have centered roles in promoting economic … cooperation in East Asia. However, it is practically impossible to decide either China or Japan is capable of taking the …

-endowment based trade and economic ties with the secondary advanced economy (first the U.S. and then Japan) played important roles in … the pre-WWII growth of Japan, Southeast Asia's growth in the 1970s and the 1980s, and its economic crisis in the mid-1990s. …

consumers, such as Japan and India, as well as with other Asian Pacific countries. However, enhanced cooperation among the big … East Asian economies (China, Japan and South Korea) is also a possibility. This document first of all presents an overview …

Public opinion surveys conducted since 1977 in Japan are usually interpreted as showing decreasing support among the … Office of Japan have justified recent cuts in ODA funding levels on this basis. However, these interpretations have been …

particular, on the Euro area and Japan). …